Reconfiguring the way dialogue works

[Xanmoas]

Hello, currently i trying to make a game using this asset but i coming across a couple of things that i want to change but not sure how.

I trying to make a dialogue that works like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cezc28ydpog

Basically a simple press enter or A on a controller to progress the dialogue.
Maybe with the image setup as well.

I just asking because i kinda making this game with a very linear set in mind so i wasn't really planning on the character responding

Last thing how would i disable players and bosses from moving till dialog is over. that way theres no accidental boss kills player while talking

[Tony Li]

Hi,

press enter or A on a controller to progress the dialogue.

Inspect the Dialogue Manager, and set Display Settings > Subtitle Settings > Continue Mode to Always.

In your dialogue UI, tick Auto Focus at the very bottom of the Unity UI Dialogue UI component.

If you want to map a different set of inputs to the continue button, then in your dialogue UI find the continue button(s). Add a UI Button Key Trigger, and set the Button and/or Key fields. I'm assuming you're using Unity UI. The procedure is similar for other GUI systems; if you're using a different GUI system and get stuck, just let me know.

Maybe with the image setup as well.

This Unity forum post contains an example of showing both participants' portrait images at the same time. It also includes a script that grays out whoever is not speaking. You don't have to use that script if you don't want to. You can also add animations to the panels and the continue button using standard Unity UI and Animator functionality.

Last thing how would i disable players and bosses from moving till dialog is over. that way theres no accidental boss kills player while talking

Add a Set Component Enabled On Dialogue Event component to the player. Assign the components that you want to disable during conversations. See the Player in the Feature Demo scene for an example. If you prefer to handle it in a script, you can add a script that handles OnConversationStart and OnConversationEnd script messages.

[Xanmoas]

Well that worked,
So am i able to reposition the UI like move the dialogue box from the top to the bottom?
Just need to know when i have to design the UI boxes

[Tony Li]

Absolutely. You can resize and reposition the boxes, combine them, change their background textures, whatever you want to do. Click here to see a sample of some of the example prefabs provided in the Dialogue System. There are lot of different layouts, including a wheel response menu and speech bubbles above characters' heads.

[Xanmoas]

Cool, Last question i just picked the JRPG2 prefab but what if i wanted two images to appear at once and have the one talking 1 alpha while the npc is 0.5 alpha

[Tony Li]

Hi,

This post contains an example scene that shows one way to do this.